2011-2012

"The Power of Pluralist Thinking: Why the Idea of Religious Freedom Persists" - Prof. Courtney Bender

March 19, 2012 "The Power of Pluralist Thinking: Why the Idea of Religious Freedom Persists" Professor Courtney Bender (Columbia) Tracing recent shifts in our vision of religious pluralism's value for democracy, this talk raises questions about the ground on which we imagine our political and religious present. Specifically, it asks how pluralism has come to be a […]

"Here Comes Everyone: Political Religion in the 21st Century" - Prof. Winnifred Sullivan

 February 13, 2012 "Here Comes Everyone: Political Religion in the 21st Century" Professor Winnifred F. Sullivan (SUNY Buffalo) Two decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the “peyote case,” we have an opportunity to survey the world that Smith made. Professor Sullivan’s talk will consider political religion in the 21st Century by setting that decision and the distinctive dynamics […]